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We dhrop a letter here an' there, except th' haitches, we niver dhrop thim, but we're th' same breed iv fightin' men. Georgy has th' thraits iv th' fam'ly. Me uncle Mike, that was a handy man, was tol' wanst he'd be sint to hell f'r his manny sins, an' he desarved it; f'r, lavin' out th' wan sin iv runnin' away fr'm annywan, he was booked f'r ivrything from murdher to missin' mass.
Elmsdale's hands by other paths than those leading through Basinghall or Portugal Streets; but they merely proved the rule. Notably amongst these fortunate persons may be mentioned a Mr. Harrison and a Mr. Harringford 'Arrison and 'Arringford, as Mr. Elmsdale called them, when he did not refer to them as the two Haitches. Of these, the first-named, after a few transactions, shook the dust of Mr.
It's not a hay meadow. We graze it." "Mrs. Gosden," said Gregory, "called the field the hay takers." Mr. Gosden laughed loudly. "That's my missis's pronounciation," he said. "She's much too fond of haitches: she will put them in the wrong place. I often correct her, but it's no use. It's nothing to do with hay. It's the size of the field the size, don't you see?
Ain't there room enough for you here without standing on my toes like that? Move hover. Only, of course, sir, he used the haspirates after a fashion of his own. The haitches are mine, sir." "Is he an American?" "It's difficult to say, sir. He may be from Boston, but you never can tell, sir." "Do you know Boston, Hobbs?" inquired the Prince, adjusting his tie before the mirror.
"You must know, boys " "'Ere, light your pipe, my 'earty," said Dumsby. "Hold yer tongue, an' don't interrupt him," cried one of the men, flattening Dumsby's cap over his eyes. "And don't drop yer haitches," observed another, "'cause if ye do they'll fall into the sea an' be drownded, an' then ye'll have none left to put into their wrong places when ye wants 'em." "Come, Bremner, go on."
"Pretty cove you are, to find fault wi' me," retorted Bob, "w'en you're far wuss wi' your haitches a-droppin' of 'em w'en you shouldn't ought to, an' stickin' of 'em in where you oughtn't should to. Go along an' cut your stick, as master told you." The sticks were cut, pieces of string were measured off, and hooks attached thereto. Then grasshoppers were caught, impaled, and dropped into a pool.
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